5 Free WordPress Plugins For Affiliate Marketers. WordPress is a very simple-to-use solution for creating powerful affiliate websites. The best part about WordPress is all the plugins that are available. It seems there is at least one plugin for just about anything you can imagine! I’ve put together a list of 5 free affiliate marketing plugins for WordPress that I really like to use. 1. Pretty Link Lite This is probably my favorite WordPress plugin for my affiliate sites. So, instead of using that funky-looking Clickbank link, you could make that affiliate link look like YourSite.com/cool-product (for example).
This is a very useful plugin that I love. Oh, it also tracks clicks on each link you create! 2. If you create a lot of WordPress affiliate sites, you probably find you spend a lot of time tweaking your theme and settings with each initial set up. What if you could get your basic WordPress set up done and then make a copy of it each time you wanted to create a new affiliate site? 3. This plugin is pretty nifty. 4. 5. Who Writes the Most Popular Content on Your Blog? The author's posts are entirely his or her own (excluding the unlikely event of hypnosis) and may not always reflect the views of Moz. Google Analytics’ Custom Variables may seem daunting for a web marketer with relatively little technical knowledge, but they’re actually quite easy to implement and use (especially if you’re using Wordpress).
This post will show you how to easily track blog post authors using Custom Variables, and also explores some of the reporting possibilities. Why track authors? There are many reasons to track blog post authors that apply to your content strategy, including: Highlighting editorial success Rewarding those who have performed well and highlighting their success is an effective means of creating enthusiasm within an organization towards SEO and content promotion. Evaluating freelancers Is the freelance writer you’re paying worthwhile? Identifying successful guest authors How do I set up Custom Variables? Please don’t be deterred by this section. Reporting. 6 Ways To Integrate Your On-Site & Social Efforts. Since search and social have had more of a convergence, the idea of the “hub” has become stronger, providing one main place to drive your existing audience and capture their attention.
Most marketers or brands make the mistake of having social media be their “go to” place and they neglect any semblance of a strong blog or website strategy. This results in is a lost “segment” of users – those who engage on social networks but never actually make it to your site and truly show interest in your brand. Social leads to the sharing of content, but conversions and revenue are harder to quantify when following social channels. Driving users back to the end goal (your website) can often help you understand user behavior when they come from social, and what helps to convert them. There should be a fine spiderweb existing between your on-site/blog strategy and your social strategy so that they’re synced up and integrated. 1. Authorship & Open Graph 2. Ideal pieces for this: 3. 4. 5. 6. Blogging for Business: How Content Can Improve Your Sales. Are you wondering how a blog can help your business? Are you trying to figure out how content can improve your sales?
To learn more about the connection of blogging and content marketing, I interview Marcus Sheridan for this episode of the Social Media Marketing podcast. More About This Show The Social Media Marketing podcast is a show from Social Media Examiner. It’s designed to help busy marketers and business owners discover what works with social media marketing. The show format is on-demand talk radio (also known as podcasting). In this episode, I interview Marcus Sheridan, founder of The Sales Lion and author of the ebook Inbound and Content Marketing Made Easy. Marcus shares insights into the struggles marketers have to get results from business blogging. Share your feedback, read the show notes and get the links mentioned in this episode below! Listen Now Podcast: Play in new window | Download | Embed You can also subscribe via iTunes, RSS, Stitcher or Blackberry. What blogging is today. Infographic: How To Promote Your Blog Posts. If a blog post is written and no one reads it, does it really exist?
Rather than ask philosophical questions like this, just ensure people are reading your blog posts! There are a variety of easy ways this can be done, from social media to email. The people at Launch Grow Joy assembled a number of promotion ideas into a an easy-to-review infographic: You can get the infographic for yourself here: 30 Ways to Promote Your Blog Posts. A few caveats to keep in mind.
Similarly, commenting on blogs — even relevant blogs — shouldn’t be just an exercise in dropping a link to your blog. Submitting guest posts and joining blogging communities that seem only about exchanging links is a definite no-no if you want to avoid problems with Google (see also articles on our Search Engine Land sister-site about the Google Penguin Update).